It feels like we just got to the South Island and now we’re headed back up north again. We left Christchurch in the early morning hours and were cursing the scenic coastline by lunch. We had decided to take two different routes to and from the central South Island in order to see as much of the varied landscapes as possible. The alpine roads took us to Christchurch and the coastal roads brought us back. So much of the shoreline along the way was undeveloped with miles of nothing but road, train track, and sea. The rural landscape consisting of three distinct layers, the snowcapped mountains in the far distance, rolling green hills to our left, and wide open ocean to our right. We pulled over to the side of the road after passing a sign
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